"MEXICANA" 1940s TRAVELOGUE OF NATION OF MEXICO MEXICO CITY PYRAMIDS TAXCO BULL FIGHT 50144

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Consider becoming a channel member This black & white educational film “Mexicana“ is about the country of Mexico. Copyright is circa the late 1930s or early 1940s. It was made by the Calvin Co. of Kansas City. Opening titles: Little Features presents Mexicana (:07-:18). Mexico City. National Palace. Palace of Fine Arts. Residential districts. Cars go down a boulevard. Chapultepec Castle with a bronze grasshopper statue in the courtyard. People walk around the castle grounds. A man wears a sombrero. Cathedral (:19-2:01). Ancient ruins of the Aztec civilization. Pyramids of the sun and the moon. Outside the pyramids. Modern highways. Natives have their wares strapped to their backs. A man rides a donkey. Oxen teams pull carts. Burrow trains carry fruit and supplies.